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Quantum leap in 2D semiconductors: Purdue team unlocks room-temperature spin qubits in GeS₂

For decades, researchers have searched for materials that can host stable qubits, the building blocks of quantum computers, at room temperature. A team at Purdue University has now demonstrated just that in a two-dimensional semiconductor, opening a new frontier for quantum sensing and computing.

Purdue University named host institution for NASA Hubble Fellowship Program

Purdue University has been officially named a host site for the NASA Hubble Fellowship Program (NHFP), opening the door for top postdoctoral scientists to carry out independent astrophysics research on campus.

Explaining a quantum oddity with 5 atoms 

At Purdue University, researchers have completed the immense quantum calculation required to represent the Efimov effect in five atoms, adding to our fragmented picture of the most fundamental nature of matter. Purdue physicist Christopher Greene completed the immense quantum calculations required to represent a quantum effect with five atoms.

MRI technology inspires quantum advancement with 2D materials

Purdue scientist helps develop atomic-scale spectroscopy with ultrathin materials. Quantum researchers at Purdue University are advancing an approach that could improve the resolution of NMR spectroscopy to the atomic scale and may also have applications in developing quantum computing and quantum communications.

Cracking the quark code: Purdue physicists uncover the true makeup of a mysterious particle

A group of physicists at Purdue University has cracked a decades-old mystery surrounding a tiny particle called the f0(980). Discovered in the 1970s, the f0(980) particle puzzled scientists for decades because they couldn’t agree on how many smaller particles (quarks and antiquarks) made it up.

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